The ecological validity of clinical tests of memory and attention in multiple sclerosis

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-204

  Higginson, Christopher I ^a   Arnett, Peter A ^a   Voss, William D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Ecological validity; Memory; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033956288     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(99)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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